August 06, 2008

Homeless Surrogate Japanese Baby Manji

A small baby currently named Manji is only 12 days old, but her fate is subject to legal and other regulation complications. She is the biological daughter of Japanese parents ( Dr Ikufumi Yamada and Yuki Yamada) but born to a surrogate Indian mother in Ahmedabad. Just a month before the child was born Yuki Yamada divorced Dr Yamada and disowned the daughter. This incident is causing a legal problem although the father wants to take her to Japan. Because as per the Guardians and Wards Act, 1890 of India (http://nrcw.nic.in/shared/sublinkimages/14.htm) a single father cannot adopt a girl child.
Dr. Ikufumi's mother is currently with the baby in India as Dr. Ikufumi's VISA had expired. The law is not very clear as to what is to be done in this case as the IVF was done in Japan and the child was born in India to a surrogate Indian mother but is actually a biologically Japanese baby. Hope the Indian Government grants the child a Indian Passport and the child's future will be very bright.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

This is just part of the reason I don't agree with paying people to have babies for you. This is just not a natural way to reproduce.